In short - it is a very local scene, which few people understand and everyone complains all the time about the lack of Ajax. (Much like the "software rendered" vs. "GPU rendered" bitching on the PC scene many years ago.

Also check out the video at ftp://ftp.pseudohacker.org/pub/demoscene/parties/2003/deadline/video/ILM_deadlin e_20030315_-_phaadi.mpg (in Swedish though) where Phaadi is drunk and challenges FLT in making a PHP demo (neither has yet to do a PHP demo).

There's also a delightful rant about 4-day turds in there ;D. So lovely ;).

@Psychad: I'm using web technologies in my professional life for 10+ years now, starting from the era before the first PHP version released. I've some 256b Javascript codes as well. So, I know what a PHP demo means, I know its limitations but I find it kind of pointless. Still I supported this entry just because I haven't followed PHP scene before (so it was orijinal for me, even if it is not that original to the others who knows the PHP scene history better).

poi: I saw both I think.. yeah, pretty pointless to release it as a separate thing. Hmm.. tough one.. i would thumb the original down for being too slow, but really this is lame as a re-release and deserves a thumb down for that. But still one or the other deserves a thumb :)

New text and zero refresh delay? Woah, man, why didn't I think of that?
But seriously, instead of re-releasing other people's prods "for the lulz" and without permission, you could try and make something completely new. :)